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From Gaza captivity to a new beginning, Emily Hand and father prepare to return to kibbutz
Nearly three years after 50 days as a Hamas hostage, an 11-year-old and her father weigh what going home to Be’eri now means.
The Jewish World Team
May 27, 2026

World
Israel & Middle East
Israel’s first Druze female doctor receives recognition award at ‘Her Stage’ conference
Decades after defying her village to enter medical school, an Israeli gynecologist now sees her three daughters break their own barriers.
The Jewish World Team
May 27, 2026

World
Israel & Middle East
Netanyahu announces intensified strikes on Hezbollah; Washington shows support
After a U.S.-brokered ceasefire frayed, Israel signals a sharper phase against Hezbollah, while a senior U.S. official blames the group entirely.
The Jewish World Team
May 27, 2026

World
Israel & Middle East
Israel’s Noam Bettan places second behind Bulgaria at Eurovision
Noam Bettan ended his trilingual “Michelle” with “Am Yisrael Chai” before 160 million viewers, defying boos and a five-country boycott.
Steve Linde
JNS
May 21, 2026

World
Israel & Middle East
Hamas, Oct. 7 and the weaponization of rape
A journalist who entered the kibbutzim after Oct. 7 confronts how sexual violence became a weapon, and how the world looked away.
Fiamma Nirenstein
May 14, 2026

World
Israel & Middle East
Sustained’ harassment of Jews at largest U.S. labor union, complaint alleges
A complaint alleges sustained harassment of Jewish members inside the National Education Association, the largest U.S. labor union.
The Jewish World Team
May 14, 2026
